[Rarebooks] FS: THE FIRST NIGHT GILBERT AND SULLIVAN with 27 facsimiles of Programs, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

GILBERT, W. S. and SULLIVAN, Arthur. THE FIRST NIGHT GILBERT AND 
SULLIVAN CONTAINING COMPLETE LIBRETTOS OF THE FOURTEEN OPERAS, EXACTLY 
AS PRESENTED AT THEIR PREMIERE PERFORMANCES; TOGETHER WITH FACSIMILES OF 
THE FIRST-NIGHT PROGRAMMES. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Folio 
(8-1/2" x 12") bound in half red velvet with a green cloth spine label 
and green linen boards gold-stamped with a conventional Victorian 
pattern; 488 pages. Edited, with a Prologue and Copious Descriptive 
Particulars, by Reginald Allen; foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Copy 
#1087 of 1500 with 200 reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Also 
with 27 facsimiles, including one printed on red silk, loosely laid into 
a gold foil clamshell box which also fits into the slipcase. Issued 
unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a Near Fine gold foil slipcase 
with typical rubbing. (#013223)        $175

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